Brown Spider Monkey by artists Gillie and Marc

LOCATIONS

EDITION 1 - SINGAPORE - 19 May 2023 - 18 May 2024
Gardens By The Bay, 18 Marina Gardens Dr, Singapore 018953
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NAME
Boris, Bernardo & Baltasar

TITLE
Love The Brown Spider Monkey

GENDER
Males

AGE
11, 9, and 8

FOUND
Northern Colombia and Northwestern Venezuela

CONSERVATION STATUS
Critically Endangered

This monkey is 11-years-old and is an acrobat in his forested home. He has so much fun swinging through the canopy but he has to always be on the lookout. His home and his family are targets. He must sit and watch while the beautiful trees are torn down to make way for human’s agriculture, roads, and homes. He can’t understand why they need so much. He only has a small territory to roam now, yet still, the humans want more.

Found in the forests of Colombia and Venezuela, the brown spider monkey spends most of its time high in the canopies, feasting on its mainly fruit diet and only occasionally coming down to the ground. Down here they drink water and do something very surprising, eat dirt and clay! It's not certain why they do this but it's thought to be adding important minerals to their diet.

Brown spider monkeys are highly social animals. They live in fission-fusion groups, one which is constantly changing, made up of 2-30 monkeys. They sometimes separate into smaller groups during the day but always keep in touch through their calls. When they reunite it is with great excitement with fun chasing, hugging, and sniffing.

Mothers give birth to one baby at a time. It is completely helpless for the first 2 months of its life where it will cling to their mothers’ belly and move to her back as they get older. They drink their mothers nourishing milk for a year, sometimes longer and are not fully mature until they are 4-5 years old.

Listed as critically endangered and on the World's 25 Most Endangered Primates List, this little monkey is in trouble. It is estimated that 98% of its habitat is already gone. Torn down for logging and agriculture, this mass destruction is devastating for so many of the animals that call this rainforest home. They are also threatened by hunting, both for meat and trophies, and are food for jaguars, mountain lions, harpy eagles, and crested eagles. In total, their populations have decreased by 80%.

HOW TO HELP 
Inspired by animals that Gillie and Marc met on their travels, we invite the public to discover and interact with these beautiful creatures up close and personal – this allows audiences to connect, take photographs and share their favourite species with friends and family.

With more exposure comes more awareness and builds on the love we already have for animals around the world. With love comes a greater sense of urgency to create a change and save all endangered animals. 

​The sculpture will be aligned with the hashtag #LoveTheLast to raise unparalleled awareness about the sculpture’s cause across the globe.

To help protect these animals, please donate to the WWF: https://www.wwf.sg/

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